Types of Communication Worksheet
Communication tip (Ask how the message travels): Verbal (spoken): talking on the phone, answering aloud in class, telling a story aloud, a speech in assembly. Non-verbal: a smile, a thumbs-up, nodding your head, a frown, crossing your arms, a shrug. Written: a letter, a text message, a note in the diary, an email, a notice on the board. Visual: a map, a bar chart, a traffic light, a diagram of a plant, a no-entry symbol, a picture timetable.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a traffic light (b) a thumbs-up (c) a wave goodbye (d) a smile
- 2.📊 Your project shows rainfall in a bar chart. Why? (a) charts need no data (b) numbers are easy to see (c) it hides the data (d) it looks longer
- 3.🗂️ Which type of communication is crossing your arms? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 4.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) a letter to Nani (b) an email (c) a diagram of a plant (d) asking the way aloud
- 5.🗂️ Which type of communication is a thumbs-up? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a letter to Nani (b) asking the way aloud (c) a text message (d) a note in the diary
- 7.True or false: “answering aloud in class” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
- 8.True or false: “a frown” is non-verbal communication. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🚦 What does a red traffic light communicate? (a) hurry up (b) go (c) stop (d) turn left
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a bar chart (b) answering aloud in class (c) a no-entry symbol (d) a traffic light
- 11.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a smile (b) telling a story aloud (c) a birthday card message (d) a frown
- 12.True or false: “a wave goodbye” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a map (b) asking the way aloud (c) a thumbs-up (d) crossing your arms
- 14.🙋 Communication with spoken words — talking, calls, speeches — is called… (a) verbal communication (b) written communication (c) visual communication (d) no communication
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) nodding your head (b) a frown (c) a thumbs-up (d) chatting with a friend
- 16.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a speech in assembly (b) chatting with a friend (c) a notice on the board (d) a wave goodbye
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speech in assembly (b) telling a story aloud (c) asking the way aloud (d) a map
- 18.🗺️ A map helps a visitor find the school library. What type of communication is it? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) verbal (d) written
- 19.🗂️ Which type of communication is telling a story aloud? (a) visual (b) non-verbal (c) written (d) spoken (verbal)
- 20.🗂️ Which type of communication is answering aloud in class? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 21.🗂️ Which type of communication is a speech in assembly? (a) non-verbal (b) written (c) visual (d) spoken (verbal)
- 22.🗂️ Which type of communication is a smile? (a) written (b) spoken (verbal) (c) visual (d) non-verbal
- 23.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a wave goodbye (b) a frown (c) nodding your head (d) talking on the phone
- 24.True or false: “nodding your head” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “talking on the phone” is non-verbal communication. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “asking the way aloud” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “a birthday card message” is written communication. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: “a notice on the board” is visual communication. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🗂️ Which of these is visual communication? (a) answering aloud in class (b) a bar chart (c) nodding your head (d) a speech in assembly
- 30.🗂️ Which of these is spoken (verbal) communication? (a) a thumbs-up (b) a notice on the board (c) telling a story aloud (d) nodding your head
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a speech in assembly (c) a map (d) a bar chart
- 32.🗂️ Which type of communication is talking on the phone? (a) visual (b) written (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 33.🗂️ Which of these is non-verbal communication? (a) a text message (b) a frown (c) a notice on the board (d) a bar chart
- 34.🗂️ Which type of communication is asking the way aloud? (a) written (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) non-verbal
- 35.True or false: “a map” is written communication. (a) True (b) False
- 36.😊 Communicating without words — with your face, hands and posture — is… (a) written (b) visual (c) verbal (d) non-verbal
- 37.✉️ Why is written communication useful? (a) it has no words (b) you can read it again (c) it is always faster (d) nobody can read it
- 38.🗂️ Which of these is written communication? (a) a diagram of a plant (b) a letter to Nani (c) a no-entry symbol (d) nodding your head
- 39.🗂️ Which type of communication is a note in the diary? (a) non-verbal (b) visual (c) spoken (verbal) (d) written
- 40.True or false: “a smile” is spoken (verbal) communication. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- a traffic light
- numbers are easy to see
- non-verbal
- a diagram of a plant
- non-verbal
- asking the way aloud
- True
- True
- stop
- answering aloud in class
- a birthday card message
- False
- asking the way aloud
- verbal communication
- chatting with a friend
- a notice on the board
- a map
- visual
- spoken (verbal)
- spoken (verbal)
- spoken (verbal)
- non-verbal
- talking on the phone
- False
- False
- True
- True
- False
- a bar chart
- telling a story aloud
- a speech in assembly
- spoken (verbal)
- a frown
- spoken (verbal)
- False
- non-verbal
- you can read it again
- a letter to Nani
- written
- False
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